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Europe and the East, if he looked at them with his own eyes instead of the eyes of those

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who travelled in those countries before him. I make small pretence of showing any one how

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he ought to look at objects of interest beyond the sea. Other books do that, and therefore,

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even if I were competent to do it, there is no need. I offer no apologies for any departures

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from the usual style of travel -writing that may be charged against me, for I think I have

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seen within partial eyes, and I am sure I have written at least honestly, whether wisely

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or not. In this volume I have used portions of letters which I wrote for the Daily Alta

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California of San Francisco, the proprietors of that journal having waived their rights

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and given me the necessary permission. I have also inserted portions of several

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letters written for the New York Tribune, and the New York Herald.

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called. The author, San Francisco.

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Chapter 1. Popular talk of the excursion. Program of the trip.